The Coming of the Son of Man(A)

29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days (C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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29 “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
(A)“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in [a]broad daylight;

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  1. Amos 8:9 Lit. a day of light

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)

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15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.

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15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.(A)

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10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be (A)darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.

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10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.(A)
The rising sun(B) will be darkened(C)
    and the moon will not give its light.(D)

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23 Then the (A)moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will (B)reign
On (C)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.

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23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun(A) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(B)
    on Mount Zion(C) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.(D)

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19 (A)I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 (B)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

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19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,(A)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood(B)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)

24 (B)“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be (C)shaken.

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24 “But in those days, following that distress,

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a](A)

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  1. Mark 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, (A)and [a]behold, there was a great earthquake; and (B)the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the [b]moon became like blood. 13 (C)And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 (D)Then the sky [c]receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and (E)every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the (F)kings of the earth, the great men, [d]the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, (G)hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 (H)and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who (I)sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, (J)and who is able to stand?”

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  1. Revelation 6:12 NU, M omit behold
  2. Revelation 6:12 NU, M whole moon
  3. Revelation 6:14 Or split apart
  4. Revelation 6:15 NU, M the commanders, the rich men,

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(A) The sun turned black(B) like sackcloth(C) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(D) as figs drop from a fig tree(E) when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(F) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(G)

15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free,(H) hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(I) 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(J) and hide us[a] from the face of him who sits on the throne(K) and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day(L) of their[b] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”(M)

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  1. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.
  2. Revelation 6:17 Some manuscripts his

30 “And (A)I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 (B)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
(C)Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

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30 I will show wonders in the heavens(A)
    and on the earth,(B)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(C)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(D)

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The Day of the Lord

10 But (A)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which (B)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [a]burned up.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:10 NU laid bare, lit. found

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up

(A)All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
(B)All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as (C)fruit falling from a fig tree.

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All the stars in the sky will be dissolved(A)
    and the heavens rolled up(B) like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall(C)
    like withered(D) leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

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Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck

12 (A)Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day [a]did not shine, and likewise the night.

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  1. Revelation 8:12 had no light

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(A) of them turned dark.(B) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(C)

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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)

25 (B)“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, (C)for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.(A) 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.(B)

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